Bala, Arun.

The dialogue of civilizations in the birth of modern science / Arun Bala. - 1st Palgrave pbk. ed. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. - xii, 230 p. ; 22 cm.

Originally published: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Why did modern science not develop in civilization X? -- The Eurocentric history of science -- Multicultural histories of science -- Towards a thematic approach to multicultural history -- What made the Renaissance in Europe? -- The narrow Copernican revolution -- The Alhazen optical revolution -- The modern atomic revolution -- Integrating Hellenic and Indian traditions -- Universal mathematical laws in a mechanical universe -- Fusing solar and stellar cosmologies -- The wider Copernican revolution -- Contrasting competitive plausibility.

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Science--History.
Science--Philosophy.
Science and civilization.
Ciencias--Historia.
Ciencias--Filosofía.
Ciencia y civilización.

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